development and implementation of Community Services programs, including Children Services, Social Assistance, Housing Services, Homelessness Services, Community Policy and Service Planning Initiatives (e.g. Community Safety and Well-being), Municipal Long-term Care Services and Seniors Community Programs. ...
Taekwondo Ontario is pleased to announce the finalized list of athletes and alternates who have been nominated for Ontario Cards under the 2019-2020 Quest for Gold – Ontario Athlete Assistance Program (OAAP). The athletes nominated were selected using the sport specific selection criteria developed ...
The biggest difference between the Wynne and the first Ford government was not in institutional funding but rather in tuition and student assistance. The Ford government (justly) gets a lot of flak for the hatchet job it did on the province’s student aid program, but people are quieter about...
Kempf E, Lamé G, Layese R, et al; Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris Cancer Group. New cancer cases at the time of SARS-Cov2 pandemic and related public health policies: a persistent and concerning decrease long after the end of the national lockdown. Eur J Cancer...
Providing additional supports of $26 million to Indigenous peoples and communities, including emergency assistance for urban Indigenous people in financial need, and costs for health care professionals and critical supplies to reach remote First Nations. ...
“I myself was almost involved in a car accident in-front of the police station where a bus justrandomly stoppedto drop off passengers. I’ve also had reports concerning seniors being left out in the cold waiting hours for a bus to pick them up with no shelter,” he said in question ...
Prioritize poverty reduction Increase social assistance rates linked to the real cost of living, utilizing the recommendations from Income Security: Roadmap for Change report. Immediately introduce an indexed minimum income floor under which no one falls in Ontario, as the basis for income determinati...
•Thelastthreebigrecessions•Profoundchangeinwhoreceiveswelfare•SocialassistanceandMinimumwages•TheWelfareDiet,foodinflationandfooddeserts•SometentativeconclusionsPovertyatthecrossroads23Povertyatthecrossroads•Governmentshare:about37%•Non-ProfitSector:about2-3%•PrivateSector:60%•Highestgovernment...
Successful implementation of an innovative technology solution at ODSP and City of Toronto for Ontario Works (OW) has reshaped delivery of social services and put in place the cornerstone for the Social Assistance Modernization Strategy and advancing Human Services Integration. The team drew on the ...